Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice and Police Legitimacy

Worden, Robert E.; McLean, Sarah J.

ISBN 10: 0520292413 / ISBN 13: 9780520292413

Published by University of California Press (edition First Edition), 2017

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Synopsis:

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In the United States, the exercise of police authority—and the public’s trust that police authority is used properly—is a recurring concern. Contemporary prescriptions for police reform hold that the public would better trust the police and feel a greater obligation to comply and cooperate if police-citizen interactions were marked by higher levels of procedural justice by police.
 
In this book, Robert E. Worden and Sarah J. McLean argue that the procedural justice model of reform is a mirage. From a distance, procedural justice seemingly offers a relief from strained police-community relations. But a closer look at police organizations and police-citizen interactions shows that the relief offered by such reform is, in fact, illusory.
 

About the Author: Robert E. Worden is Director of the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety and Associate Professor of Criminal Justice at the University at Albany, SUNY. Sarah J. McLean is Associate Director and Director of Research and Technical Assistance at the John F. Finn Institute for Public Safety.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Mirage of Police Reform: Procedural Justice ...
Publisher: University of California Press (edition First Edition)
Publication Date: 2017
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition.